Awards News

Applications for the Weston Charity Awards 2023 are officially open thanks to a collaboration between The Garfield Weston Foundation and charity partner, Pilotlight.

"The charity has grown from strength to strength through this programme and we've been successful of other large grants during this time of the Pilotlighters support."

"The Weston Charity Awards has helped us to rewrite our strategic plan. We've now got a new vision and mission and a very clear idea of what our journey is going to be over the next five years. It's provided a lot of clarity to everybody on the team."

"It can feel quite tumultuous to start with because you're taking everything apart, but actually, there is that lightbulb moment where it all seems to coalesce and start to make sense. So yeah. Keep the faith. It's worth it."

Winning the Award meant they had access to the expert mentoring and advice from Pilotlight that they needed to get their charity back on track.

If you’re the leader of a charity working in the field of community, environment, welfare or youth in the North or Midlands of England, or Wales, you can apply to be part of our next cohort of Weston Charity Awards Winners. The Weston Charity Awards will be giving up to 22 Awards in 2023 so you have an even greater chance of being an Award winner. 

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In June 2021, 18 charities were awarded the title of 2021 Weston Charity Awards winners. The charities joined Pilotlight 360 programme in a backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic and have finished the programme with a new challenge ahead – the cost of living crisis. 

A group of 19 frontline charities from the North of England, the Midlands and Wales have been announced as winners of the 2022 Weston Charity Awards.

Applications for the Weston Charity Awards 2022 are officially open thanks to a partnership between The Garfield Weston Foundation and its charity